ErgoMechKeyboards

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Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards

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Keep it ergo

Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)

i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²

¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid

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Some useful links

EMK wiki
Split keyboard compare tool
Compare keycap profiles Looking for another set of keycaps - check this site to compare the different keycap profiles https://www.keycaps.info/
Keymap database A database with all kinds of keymap layouts - some of them fits ergo keyboards - get inspired https://keymapdb.com/

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Intro post - my first ergo mech (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by ja2 to c/ergomechkeyboards

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I built this and one other (black and red) with a different thumb cluster in 2021. Not sure if Dactyl Manuform is still "hip" but this has been my daily driver for two years now and I don't really want to type on anything else!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So you just decided to go full send on your first ergo, huh?

[–] ja2 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's pretty typical of my approach to things. I made two, just in case I screwed one of them up. :)

It wasn't without a healthy amount of research and I also had to learn how to build and tune my first 3d printer to make the chassis. I'd been watching a lot of Zack Freedman at the time so was feeling a bit inspired.